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Brad Powell was selected as the regional forester for the Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region, based in Vallejo, Calif. He succeeded Lynn Sprague, who served in that position from 1994 until December 1998, when he retired following over 38 years with the Forest Service.

From December 1998 until his recent selection Powell served as the acting regional forester for FS’s Pacific Southwest Region, after having been selected as the deputy regional forester for resources at that location earlier in 1998. From 1995-98 he was the forest supervisor on the Tongass National Forest, based in Ketchikan, Alaska. He served as the forest supervisor on the Daniel Boone National Forest, based in Winchester, Ky., from 1993-95, after having been its deputy forest supervisor from 1991-93.

From 1987-91 Powell was the manager of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, located on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington. He worked as a district ranger, based in Pecos, N.M., on the Santa Fe National Forest from 1984- 87. From 1977-84 he worked in recreation, lands, minerals, and timber staff positions on ranger districts in New Mexico and Alaska, after having begun his full-time career with the Forest Service in fire and timber management in Young, Ariz., on the Tonto National Forest in 1972.

A native of Columbia, Mo., Powell holds a B.S. degree in forest science from the University of Missouri.